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to dissent from that opinion was, that . a considerable portion of the higl► price was of nominal amount—part of it went to defray the expellee of seed—part of it was owing to the high price of food for cattle—and part again was owing to increased tithes and increased poor rates — part of it, it was true, went to the pockets of tholandlord—but prices, if too high,• had only a . temporary effect ; for the manufacturer employed his capital abroad, where prices were lower and profits greater—and the situation of the agriculturist in this country, was thereby rendered worse than under a system of free importation of corn. The evil was one that thus had a tendency to correct itself. 'file Hon. Member concluded by expressing his concurrence in the prayer of the Pe titiot► as to the expediency of the alteration in the existing Corn Laws. Mr. ,TON SMITH presented a PetitiOn from certain RoMan Catholics in the county of Mayo, complaining of the laws affecting their body. CORN LAWS. Lord. MILTON was entrusted to present a Peti tion frOin certain , Weavers . of Carlisle. The Petition suggested a variety of-means for a mitigation of the grievances of which the Petitidners complained. Amongst the remedies it proposed, it re commended an appropriation:of a considerable. part of the Church Property to :the liquidation of the National Debt. In that recorn mendation be (Lord M.) begged to state - that he did not.concur. The Petition further prayed for a reduction of the. Army and of the Military Colleges, and: 'Estahliahments, -nearly to the standard at which they were before the war. Thirdly, it _recommended a sale of what were denominated Town Lands, and an appropriation of the sum: arising-from the sale thereof . to the liquidation of the. national debt. And, 4thly, it prayed for an equitable adjustment, .not only as regarded the public debt, but also as contracts and trans actions between man and man. The petition further prayed for a total abolition of the .Coru Laws. He did not concur with the peti tioners in the full extent of their prayer, although fully impressed with a conviction of the necessity de change in the existing Corn Laws. He dissented front the prayer of the petition QS to thi total abolition, as he apprehended. that by it was meant that there should be no duty at all imposed upon the importation °lcon). The Noble Lord presented several petitions from various Ogees in Yorkshire, praying for an alteration in the Corn Laws. Mr. DUNCOMBE, (Member for Yorkshire) had been requested to support the prayer of the petitions from York shire just presented by his' .Noble. Colleague. He thought that sonic alteration in the existing Corn Laws was rendered necessary, by what was due to the general interests of the country. DEISM. —M R. R. TA YLOR. Mr. HUME had an important Petition to present, in which the rights of a British subject and the cause of civil and religious liberty were deeply concerned. The right of which the Petitioner complained he was deprived, was that enjoyment of religious freedom which it was consistent with the spirit and practice of the British Constitution that every British subject Amulet poseese. The Petitioner. was Mr, Robert Taylor,. who bad been canonically Ordained a Clergyman . of the Establiabed Church. He was also a Bacheler of Arts of St. John's College, Cambridge. lie stated in his Petition, that after the most mature consideration, he could not give a coneeientious credence to the doctrines of Christianity. That this was the result of a con scientious conviction on the part of the Petitioner, was shown by his having resigned a cure, which he held ire a parish, in Suffolk, in consequence of hie sincere disbelief in the tenets of the Established Church. The Petitioner further Stated, that he had arrived at that state of mind that be could conscientiously de clare himself a Deist. .He declared, that in various instances, that those who were of the same faith with him had experienced hardship from being deprived of protection in Courts of Law on account of the proliision of Deism. The 'petitioner set forth an example of the hardsltip experienced by persons professing Deism. in the .instance of a shopman of Mr. Carlile, who was prevented •• from prosecuting in a'Ceurt of Justice, in consequence of his ad hereoce to Nino—awl because he would not take au oath accord ing to the forms of law. The lion. Member proceeded to argue, that by the liteurlution of that House, unanimously passed in 1680, the Acts of Eli; abetle and of James did , not extend to Protestant Diesentere, and that the enactments of the Penal Laws were not to I* put in force against thine. Under these Resolutions, in his opi nion, the petitioner was entitled to protection, and to a free dom from the oppression of which be so justly complained. It was ioconsistent to refuse the oath of a perion who disbelieved in Chrietianity, mid at the Ranee time to receive, as appeared from proceedings in the Court of Chineery end proceedings at the Lord illayune those of libelous, who were Infidels, and who were sworn after the forme of their faith and after the manner of their.ceun try. The profession of a belief in God was surely sufficient for the purpose of taking All oath in a Court of Justice, if thoae r who did nut believe in God were permitted to be sworn there. lie (Mr. IL) bad himself seen the natives of India sworn on the head of ttesie .dull, ohs the water a the Ganges, and on a variety of other forms, which were found to answer all the purposes of justice be fore. British Tribunals in India. lie saw no reason, therefore, why a person's evidence should his excluded from a Court of Jus tice, who declared hie belief in a Deity. Mr. Sergeant ONSLOW could not concur in the opinion of .the Hon Gentlemen ,(M". Hume), that the Petition was one respectful to the Mose, The Petitioner had no just ground of complaint why he was not plai4til on a footing with Protestant Ditesenters. lie could not has regarded in the light of a Proteatant Dissenter ; and if the lion. Gentleman lead read the Toleration Act, he would have seen there, that it was required that those who, claimed preteetion under it, should be of a settled form of faith ; that there should be some religious Sanction by which they should be bound. But of what form of faith was a Dried ?, 'the profession, of a Deist was too vague, too general, to domino shat description of pertems were comprehended tinder it: What form of Atli ceuhl bind lido.--(hear, bear ?)—The Hon. Cc:rifleman had, in 9. 'tanner, answered himself, for he had said that Jews and Malioneetans were sworn in Courts of Justice ; and he added, the reason for thnitting their evidence—that they were of a particular forM of faith, And that they were sworn ac cording to the customs of the community in which they lived. 'Sow, what he (Mr. O.) complained of was, that the Deist was of so determinate or refined profeeelom—(llear, bear,)+lle did not see why the House should be called upon to interfere in fa lour of a person who abjured all those doctrmea which Contribut ed to the greatest happiness and comfort of the oturnnunity in stihich he lived. They did not know what were the prineiphse of this petitiesteer„ who professed himself a Deist. Did he believes in felting state 4... Mr. HUME, ".lle does." Mr. Sergeant ONSLOW resumed. It was im possible ti h eAnertein the principles of a Deist, for be had no fixed .Ha could be bound by uo form, for he ditallewed nil tionts, and hie oath could not he cox:teed by a M ag i s t ra t e la it Court. of Justice, tiff he held in mockery every thing that mild give a 'mond reliance in his veracity.—(Hear, beer.) Mr. BATTY thought it would be disgrvgful for a llritish house of Commons go entertain such a petition sus that now preeented by the lion. Member. Sir EDWARD CARRINGTON expressed time horror with' which he had heard aneh statements as thoie eon.. ruined in the Petition in a Christian country. It was a petition tehich emeht not to lie received ; frit it attempted to set up what what were pilled the Laws of Nature ariairest the Laws of God. , Mr. Secretary PEEL rose - principally for the ptir., pose kingittg:beek, the eonsideration of time House to the ques- ' tint& immediately before them. There were twit questions which bed been egitated. The first vmhms, if it was proper to accede to the inner of the Petition ; the second, whether it was 41,rouer lb recei ve the petitiom Vi t t, ~p " . tt to the m ' at tpiestion, lit ter , tainly 110 -a strong opinion. tie would not than state it but if ever the lion Oeutleimi n bring in it 13111 for the purpose • of relieving any man he sit the ir sailtluestAtt:if pp:etiptiaortelderiofroitnoetitstohlti-t ligation of an oath, be Hon. ueutieiw., no those Ilene Gentlemen by whom be might be supported, anti to contend, that for' the preservation of the rights and safety and bet taterel le t4 ,. of the euiotaway, eur i t a tun ought to be most decidedly whit that was not Aus quest torn nowt before time House ; I"I " OMPIy wheth e r or pot tho , r petition .should be received. NOW wax. • •oti e. liot, Prelswed to say ni 4iti that it would be Wise t o reice-I. a • maw might not he ai,posea: a ccede to its ei 1 AtiAell . '44114 think it would be wise on the present oftcasaen o nal Plit reje l e e til use I, tiolay ento tt wet mice to this petition as its might be the feelings which tl (j Ode subject, he thought it would be Prudeneit. ves on etwir6 art to slit o thems t kpresent s train themselves from expresst . g although itl,4 iovn moment with reference to noestion 4 %14 np with the other, was no t actually beforeitlisieieno.; IA U l c e r . o•te Mr. SMITH observed, SMIT observed, that . 1 . 1 ) an the present occasion the Right Hon. Gentleman LAI other bate-nee of the prudence and tnee"eration which bad tonal iaeil hire OtOntmentary career. Al) that be regretted. Was that the Right Hen. Gentleman had not set an exemple to the other don• tienVeatere who had spoken oh this quail:um. With respect to the Hem Member under time hollers, be was , long Mell , wr , end when shore experiences) in the flow, would learn to treat in°` subjects with ln9r° temper. regard to the ether lieu. Gentleman, when he had been engaged' in 'British legielation as long as h a bad been engaged in the administration of liri tish jurievutt ence elsewhere, he would find that there was a pal pable difference betweeu allowing a petition to be hrought up, and acceding to it* prayer when brought up. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman, under the Gallery, seemed to make no difference be tween an Atheist and a Deist. The difference was nevertheless considerable, Au Atheist might perhaps be incapable affording to his testimony the sanction of an oath ; but a Deist might as suredly do so. And he would add, that in his opinion the State, and the interests of all Who were connected with the State, would he in infinitely greater danger from the oaths of those who did; no believe in the Christian religion, but who did not avow their disbelief, .than from the oaths of those who openly avowed their opinions. The petition was then brought up. Mr. HUME moved that tt should be read, for the purpose of showing how groundless was the statement of the Hon. and Learned Sergeant, that the petitioner did not believe in a fUture state. The Petition was then read as follows :-- " The Petition of Robert Taylor, Clerk, of Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn, Middle Sex, SIIKWItTII—Thai your Petitioner was canonically ordained a Clergyman of the Established Church ; 'that he is a Bachelor of Arts of St. John's College, Cambridge, and that he is a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons. That your Petitioner is a Chaplain of the . Society, called the Universal Benevolent Society, which is in the habit of meeting every Tuesday evening. That your Petitioner has determined, after a most laborious investigation and philosophical research, that he cannot give cre dence to the Christian faith, and that s he seceded from motives of honour and conscience, and not from obstinacy, singularity, or prejudice. That your Petitioner is in the habit of performing Divine Service before the above Society on every Sunday, after the prin ciples of Deis►n. " That your Petitioner has ascertained he cannot give evidence in a Court touching any matter, suit, or cause depending therein, in consequence of his nut believing in Revelation, although your Petitioner has carefully investigated its evidences, but cannot con seientiously believe in its trutl'.. " That your petitioner considers, under the Act of Toleration, he is entitled to entertain whatever religion he pleases, and pub licly to propagate it, unless such religion is manifestly opposed to morality,- and inimical to the welfare of the State. " That your petitioner believes is the existence of a ',future state, and instils such belief into the minds of his hearers. "That a short time ago a shopman of Mr. Carlile was robbed If a watch, but was unable to prosecute iu consequence ef his ad herence to the doctrines of Deism. • • . . " That your petitioner considers the law, as it now stands, is injurious to the fair and equal administration of justice, and is at vpriance with the interests of the State, inasmuch as it allows persons guilty of the most atrocious crimes to escape with impu nity, and denies your petitioner and others the means of obtaining justice, which the rest of his Majesty's subjects enjoy. " That your petitioner will consider himself in conscience equally bound by swearing on the Works of Nature, as the Chris gan by being sworn on the New, or the Jew on the Old-Testa ment, or the Mahometan on the Alcamo. "That your petitioner humbly prays. your Honourable House will be pleased to decree that persons professing Deistical princi ples shall be sworn in all Courts of Justice in the same way as persons professing Christianity, Judaism, or Mahoinetanism ; and that the degree of credit due. to such persons shall. be left to the consideration of the Judge, or Magistrate, or Jury, or any Tribu nal before. which cases in which they art concerned may be tried. "ROBERT .TAYLOR, A. 8." Mr. HUME observed, that the Vetitiou itself was a complete answer to the Honourable and Learned: Sergeant. With respect to the argument of the Honourable Gentleman under the Gallery against allowing a Deist to take an oath, he would ask that Honourable Gentleman what was a Jew, but a Deist. Ac- Cording to the Honourable Gentleman's principle, a Jew ought not to be allowed to be sworn. • The argument of the Honoura ble Gentleman, therefore, was directed against the existing statutes. As to, the Hon. Gentleman, it really appeared to him (Mr. Hinne) to he very strange that au individual who had for such a length of time, in Ceylon, been administering oaths to men who did not believe. in the Christian Revelation, should feel any difficulty on the subject in this country. It only showed that men might live long without gaining experience, . He moved that the petition should lie on the table. After a few words in explanation from. Mr.. Sergeant OwsLow and Mr. w. SMITII, the motion was agreed to. Mr. HUME • moved that the petition should be printed. Mr. ROBINSON objected decidedly to this pro position. The object of the petitioner was to do an act of injus tice by depriving his Majesty's subjects of the security which they derived froM preventing, persons front taking an oath who pro fessed that they had no religion at all. • The question was then tailed for ; but as strangers were pre osring to u nit the Ro m.", . • Mr. HUME withdrew his Motion. " • CORN LAWS. Mr. HUME presented a Petition from the Silver Plate Workers of Birmingham, Complaining of distress, and pray- Mg for the abolition of- the Corn Laws,---Ordered to lie on the Table. - Mr. HUMEpresented a Petition from the Trades of Arbroath, praying that Foreign Corn might be admitted gene rally, at whatever import duty the House • might think proper to fix.—Ordered to lie on the Table. REAL PROPERTY. Mr. 'WHITTLE HARVEY observed, that so many difficulties were thrown in the way of transferring real pro perty by that ingenious body of men called Conveyancers, that in maity cases the proprietors found it' absolutely impossible to get rid of it. This was a very serious evil, and one which loudly called for remedy. Fur himself he was perfectly prepared to de vote "'clever industry and application he possessed, to the fur therance of an object which, it must be universally admitted, was in every respect so desirable. On snelt un incidental question as the present, he would not enter into any discussion upon the itnbject. His intention was, from time to time, to move tOr such Returns as would form the foundation of some future measure ; and, as the first of those returns, he would now move, that there be laid before the house a RetiWri of the -Number of Fines levied, and Reeoveries suffered, upon real Estates in England, during the last seven years, distinguishing the Name of the Offices through which they passed, from the homing of the Dedimus, the amount of Fees, and the Appropriation thereof. Lord MILTON seconded the Motion. Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW, agreed that there were great ilitlicultmi on the subject which it was very desirable to remove. Mr. SH ADWEI4L. assured the Honourable Gen demo and the Noble Lord, that nothing was more strongly felt by aye profession, than the necessity of putting an end, if possible, to the griav l / 2 4wes in question, and which affected landed property to an extent so enorliutils that few persons were aware of it. He, for one, should be always fund rraily to use his best endeavours iu promoting any measure that might be ennsidered likely to uisli the evil-.-(Hear, he4r. nit MOion was then agreed to. , SETTLEMENTS. Mr. WHITTLE, HARVEY obsered thSt no question couldhe of more isopPsta;ce than one which had any re lation to the Poor Rates of thiscountsy. the : petitions re specting the Corn Laws ought to comprehend this sOjeet in their prayssu. The Poor Rates of England amounted to nearly seyen millions of Roney annually. He doubted, however, whether, if the matter were 404.11 , and properly investigated , it would not appear that nearly half the money' thus raised by Poor Rates was applied to purposes to which it ought sot !o be applied. The Ho nourable Member then moved, " That an 11144/.lk Address be pre sented to Ili; Majesty, praying that he would be graciously plpaserl to order, that there lie laid before the House a Return of the nMn bstr of Appeals entered With the Clerks of the Peace, against orders of rtauova,l in cases ,of settlemeAt in the English Counties, during the last six yec.ss," &e.-,Ordered. BOROUGH OV TREO,QIg, Upon the motion of Mr. 413ERCROMPY, the Order of the Day was read for the House resuming the Adjourned Debate 11110t1 the Return for the Borough of Tregony. Mr. STUART WORTLEY held the present question to he of such very serious consequen , t not allow It to pass vrithout o ff ering a Caw wor ds 0 _ . 2 me. ration of the House. ' The present .occasiou brought to In iziury the words of a omit-distinguished Member of thot liquse, thattlle I Ci e on " sic u le k - 1 (I.nril (renville), who hail deelare.4, that be (vitts.l upon AVeTY ease of eontested election, brought before the fiQiiPc of Gnomon, ' { u" cue of the unruitt importance, in which the property APS) 4 ' 401 -tight of th e people were at stile; and in which it therefore liiihuvral the dupse to act with the greatest caution. Ile would ht . g to warn kletatienteci Ant they were nut now entering into the Plaits of an ohsenre sultjeil; ; but they were about to pass a i'eutto: o6 llutt would s Mi ht tand as a great publig In:miens, and "goloto the future proceedings of the lotoke wpiari pike most iropottim 44 birc.t., Ila Inul paid the motio n of the Ho noorsble Gentleman (gr, 'her: 'oliiliy) every possible utten- tbdeeliCrtirntiown7t es e 4) e l y titrkin4:l(44lj 141gi'ilifflerillt111 : I t Li u t°u et i4 ; o t r imi i i l ,y i. i it a nu u l l g e e could trace upon inch a lionourabio Umbers upon the subject, as well as of every paint, h o pin io n s he had first form e d to IA entirely unchanged. he must declare t yri . ,, H .able Alember then cited the cases of several contested elections brought before the House, and argued from them in sup port of his opinion ; but from the low tone of voice in which he spoke, it was impracticable to collect all his data, or to follow his reasoning, in the Gallery. We understood the Honourable Member to say, that in the case of the Petition in the Camelford Election, the House hail resolved that no Election should be impeacluel for a mere want of form. By the 7th of Henry IV. cap. 58, it was enacted, that the names of Members elected for Boroughs, should be written in an indenture, under the Seal of the BOrough Officer, and that it should be tacked to the Writ. There had been a double Return for the Borough of Liskeard ; one being annexed to the Writ, and the other not. The House went through the merits of the Contested Election, without even making a reference to this informality.'. The Honourable Member pro ceeded to argue technically upon many cases of Contested Election, but in too low a tone to be heard in the Gallery:; Mr. PEEL was convinced the House must feel much indebted to the Hon. Gentleman for the valuable matter he had collected upon a subject not very alluring. He (Mr. Peel) was one of those who did not regret that the consideration of the subject bad been postponed. He rejoiced in the delay which the Ilduse had had in coming to a decision, fur lie considered the matter of the greatest importance; and it was of the last conse quence that the decision of the House should be formed after the most mature deliberation. When the subject was first presented to the House, he had a strong impression that the latter could not be considered a valid return. Ile had carefully considered the subject in the interval, and although it was not without its diffi cultiee; he felt perfectly satisfied that the safest course would be, to adopt a course tantamount to declaring that cases of this de scription could not be considered as double returns. The policy of elections was, to impose the responsibility upon the Sheriff, to require him to exercise his own diaeretion, the House being deter mined to visit any corrupt exercise of that discretion with the most severe penalties, whilst it made proper allowances for any venial errors. It was clearly the duty of the Sheriff to make either one return or a double return. He was not prepared to argue that the Sheriff, in this instance, had acted properly in not making a double return. It appears that he did not address the precept to the Mayor of Tregony, being probably aware that a dispute existed as to who was the proper Mayor. lie had addressed it to the person who he thought loot the most colourable right.— This person had received it with a regular indenture attached, and that indenture having been returned with the writ, the. House ought not to notice any other return. It was not necessary to in quire whether the Sheriff, had acted properly or not. Had a double return been made, then the House would have had to make its selection of the Members. It was unnecessary to enter into the consideration of precedent, for none appeared to him to be exactly Yu point. The case could be decided by common sense, and by what was due to justice. It was his intention, if the House should be satisfied on the inspection of the document, to move that the second indenture should be taken off the tile, and the return annexed to the writ should be considered as the proper return. Mr. ABERCROMBY said, that the Right lion. Gentleman had . put the case on the right grounds. ' Mr. TEEL said, that if the document should correspond, he should propose that the second indenture should be deemed invalid. Mr. C. W. W. WYNNE, under all the circum stances of the case, thought it desirable for the House to be put in possession of the Return and Certificate. Mr. PEEL then moved, that the Clerk of the Crown should be brought up, merely for form. It would be necessary to ask only if the documents on the Table were the Re turns he had received from the Sheriff. Mr. ABERCROMBY thought, that they ought to confine their questions to the Clerk of the Crown solely to the subject of the certificate. He could not help feeling that a great point had been gained, both as it regarded Hon. Members and the country generally, by the manner in which the question had been taken up by the House. Having said so much, he wished only to add, that he bad not the slightest objection to urge against Mr. Wilbraham, or any fault to find with hint for the course he had pursued. The SPEAKER then addressed the House as to the technical mode of proceeding,'a part'Of which was, that Mem bers present upon double Returns should withdraw. The Serjeant at Arms was then directed to call in the Clerk of the Crown, and that gentleman was ushered up to the left of the Speaker's Chair. When asked for the Return filed at his office, he produced the indenture hearing the names of Dr. Lusbington and. Mr. James Brougham, who, it appeared, were elected on the 13th of June. The Learned Gentleman, when called upon, also produced a certificate, stating that James A. Gordon, and James M‘Killock had also been returned. After a fete 'words from Mr. Speaker, Mr. J. Williams, Mr. I. Twiss, Mr. Abercromby, and Mr. Secretary Peel, it was decided that the Return was a single Return, and that the certificate, bear ing the names of Messrs. Gordon and M'Killock was ordered to be, taken off the file. By this decision the Return of Dr. Lush ington and Mr. James Brougham, for the Borough of Tregony, was confirmed. EXCHEQUER BILLS TRANSFER OF GRANTS. On the Motion of Mr. HERRIES, the House resolved itself into a Committee of Supply. Mr. HERRIES moved, that a sum of 22,200,000/. 'be granted to meet the outstanding Bills of 1826, 1827. The Resolution was agreed to. HERRIES also moved, that an unappropriated sum of 5,000,000/., granted in 1825 and 1826, be granted for the service of the same period.—Agreed to. The House resumed, and the Resolutions were brought up. ST. DOMINGO POSTAGE BILL. The report of the St. Domingo Postage Bill was brought up, and the following Resolutions were agreed to ; That every single letter going from the United Kingdom to. St.. Domingo, should pay a postage duty of is. 3d. ; every ,double letter, a postage of 2s. Gd. ; and every treble letter, postage ofi Ss. 9tl. " That every letter weighing an ounce should pay fns., and so on in proportion for every weight above one ounce." Mr. HUME asked, whether the practice some time . since followed at the pest-office, of taking 21., 81., or 41. fee carrying parcels of newspapers to our Colonies, was still in use, or whether any alteration had taken place since the Act of last year Mr. HERRIES said, that the practice had been' altered since the passing of that Act, and he bad reason, to believe was no longer continued. Mr. lIUME said t that if so, the new regulation, bad placed the people in the Colonies in a worse situation than they were before, because they were now obliged to pay the full Postage for every paper not sent off the day it was printed. lle hoped th e Honourable Gentleman would take the subject into con sideration. Mr. HERRIES said, across the.rable, that the subject Was under consideration; but, upon inquiry, was found to be productive of many inconveniences which' were not anticipated. The following postage duties were also proposed between the United Kingdom and Cuba :—For each single letter, 2s. Id., for each double letter, 4s, 2d., for each treble letter, 6e. 3d., for each letter weighing one dunce, 81. 4d., and so in propoition for every greater weight. --LAgreed to. INDEMNITY BILL. ilgßugs moved the second reading of the Indemnity. Bill, for the partial admission of grain, ege. Lord MILTON begg e d t o know when the Bill was to pass through its other stages. Mr. HER was understood, to say, that the Bill would be committed to-ulorrow, and the third reading Would take place on Bill was then read a secon d time. LAND-TA,; COMMIS SIONERS' BILL. BERRIES moved for leave to b rin g in a ' Bill for naming and continuing the Land-Tax and Assessed-Tax Commissioners for another year. :Mt. HUME wishdd to see a Bill introduced for oing away With the Assessed Taxes alt o g ether. lion. Members were, he conceived, by f ar t o &eesy eft the subject. lie hid hoped that nothing would be done upon this subject until after the dis cussion' of a motion which might have the effect of doing away it would save' the c oun try with those odious taxes. If the present system even were al tered,tniglit be done by the Collectors of Excise. By this arrangement 66 Ac e " would be at taken off from the burthens on the 100,600/. a year, and the duty ;Mee Mr. nEltitigs sai eauatry. ab was inietaken. ---e OtowP . t , with moving, were no bfarthen to the calory, as they receiVe.a pay. Mr. HUME objected te, th e machinery hong kept the I - I up, of which those persou'n s formed a part. dered o nou.r.l persons for whose apPOi.e cmipt. 1 The Bill was then broughtand lead a first time, and oY to be read a second time on the 3d of February. 'Adjourned at Seven o'clock. lottei bavirlif 'in ePri B equ elle 1.119 w°"4, retired from the 'ommend of the 7th gusaara and from the service, the Officers of that celebrated Regiment have voted him of plate, of the value of 200 guineaa.--Brighton G' FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. (From the Etoile, dated Wednesday.) Tatrim Nov. 15.—A vessel arrived in sixteen days from Alexandria, confirms the news that has been spread of the gloomy state of affairs in Egypt, in 'consequence of the late commercial crisis, and the expeditions to- Greece. It is the want of money that has obliged the Viceroy so long to delay the last expedition to the Morea. The merchants' letters are full of complaints. The news of the death of Gouras is confirmed by letters from Zante of the 6th. He hail made two successful sallies from the _ . citadel, but fell in the second. It is said, however, that these engagements have enabled 500 fresh troops to throw themselves into the Acropolis, and it is hoped that this monument, to which so many recollections are attached, will be able to defend itself for, a long time against the barbarians. It is said that the Greeks are resolved, in case of extreme necessity, to blow up the Acropolis. Psalm, Nov. 27.—The Etoile gives extracts from four of its contemporaries, respecting the affairs of Portugal. The follow • ing is from the Quotidienne, a Royalist paper:-- We are informed that the Portuguese troops that had gone from Ayamonte to Ecija, did not remain long in that city; with the consent of our (the Spanish) Cabinet, they have resumed their rout for Casella, the nearest point to the frontiers of Portugal.— From this place the Portuguese Royalists can, ...when they please, get into the Algarves or Badajos ; but it is thought that by the latter city they will enter their country. I have already informed y4u that the Governor of Tavira, who commands them, is to be placed at the head of one of the e three divisions which are on the ptlint of passing the frontiers. Letters from Toro, of the 12th of November, state that Gene rale de Chaves and Silveira are ready to march. We are even as 'tired that the former will arrive on the 18th; at Braganca, to proclaim Don Miguel King of Portugal. The friends of the re fugee Royalists and the emissaries sent forward by the latter agree in saying that the people are every where expecting the Royal army with impatience, and are disposed to make common cause with it against the revolution. The Aristarque, another Royalist paper, gives similar news, and adds :—" The Liberals, on the other !laud, are reported to have increased their forces, either because they are apprehensive of an attempt at invasion, or because they wish to keep in obedience the troops in the province of Alentejo, who are only waiting for an op portunity of declaring themselves ; or, in fine, they wish to stop the emigration, which is on the increase." In the Constitutionnel, a Liberal journal, is the following from a Madrid Correspondent : ; The news from Salamanca, Toro, and several other cities in Qld Castile, is of a nature quite contrary to that which we had by the last Courier ; for it asserts that a part of the Portuguese refugees, which left Salamanca, have returned there ; that the hostile preparations at Toro are put a stop to ; and that the Por•- tuguese refugees are greatly discouraged. As they were in want of cannon the Governor of Puebla de Sangria has, it is said, sent three pieces to that point, by which they are to depart from Torn; and the Police is this very day on the alert to ascertain the source whence proceeded the orders by Virtue of which this Governor has acted so—a source which Ought naturally to be from the Minister of War ; but, as the latter has given no such orders, and as the Governor of Puebla de Sans lin has not only not been brought to an account, but even continues in his place, we may conclude that this line of conduct has been dictated to him by some one sufficiently poWerful to screen him front the consequences. The Journal des Debafs, another Liberal, after repeating 'nearly the same facts as -are contained in the preceding para !graph, observes—" These sudden changes are sufficiently ex `plaiued by what I told you in my last respecting the Treaty &in `eluded at Paris, and the adherence of our Government to tha t Treaty; to which I may now add, that your Minister of Foreign `Affairs has announced to our Minister, in express terms, by a courier, arrived hereon the Bth inst. that the right of the Em peror Don Pedro to the Crown of Portugal being incontestible, 11 is acts are of course legitimate, and consequently France could take no part, directly or indirectly, in the affairs of Portugal, and yet, notwithstanding that I can guarantee to you that such has been officially announced, there are politicians here so incredulous as to believe that the reluctance evinced on the part of our Go vernment to recognise the Portugese Regency, proceeds from their conviction that they do not displease the Cabinet of the Tuileries by acting so. We think we may conclude from these' different extracts that there is in reality a movement among the refugees on the frontiers of Portugal (which is not at all strange on the part of men anxious to'nphold their opinions), and that the Spanish Government has done every thing in its power to oppose new acts' of hostility, which will but prolong the disorders. (From the Constitutionnel.) Lisa" Nov. 11.—(Private Correspondence.)—lt is sai - - ,nat the Portuguese soldiers who took refuge at Lugo (in Spain) revolted for the purpose of getting arms, and the, same attempt was ,unsuccessfully made by those who fled to Palencia. The Portuguese soldiers who were disarmed at ,Truxillo lied the oppor tunity of rescuing their arms afterwards, so that the act resembled more the scene of a comedy than a real proceeding. On the con trary the Portuguese Government observed the utmost good faith towards the Spanish Government. If the civil and military . authorities of Spain did their duty on the frOntiers, it is impossible that the rebel Portuguese could obtain arms as they have done. But there is a junta acting secretly beneath Government, which has favoured such proceed nip even to the extent of supplying gold to the rebel party. However, the English brig Reynard, having arrived in four. days from Plymouth, the English brig of war, the Lyra, has been dispatched immediately to Gibraltar, and the English packet, which was not to set out till to-morrow morning, the 12th, sailed on the 9th, by order of Sir W. A'Court. It is generally supposed that a body of English troops will shortly arrive in Portugal, and remain until the Constitutional Government has had time to organise a national force. A part of the troops destined to act in the Algarve& returned to , this capital yesterday, and 'the Provincial Militia, who had been summoned here to replace them, have returned to their homes. This Militia, composed of the husbandmen who abandoned the pjough to take up arms, receive neither pay nor provisions ; Go vernment grants them nothing snore than arms and clothing. We hope that this antiquated custom, so oppressive on the :inha bitants of the country, will be established on a more liberal basis, as soon as the organization of an active Army and National Guard shall begin to occupy our attention. General Charles Sal Daubs, Minister of War, has nofreturneil; behasfallenlisilek. The English frigate La Forte, which brought General Beres: ford here, is to sail again for England on the 14th instant. (From the Journal des Debuts.) VIENNA, Nov. 18,—Our finances are in a state of greiit de pression, and it will be the more difficult to raise them, since the Diet of Hungary persists in its refusal to adopt the Royal propis sitions respecting taxation, unless his Apostolic Majesty renders justice to them iu regard to several claims against infringements of the Constitution, and other grievances already stated in the journals. But the States of Hungary are not the only ones who now show a refractory spirit ; like this National Assembly, the States of Bo hemia, who are apparently more loyal and devoted than those of Hungary, but enjoy in reality no snore constitutional liberty, also complain of the exhorbitauce of charges, which, in that king dom, fall particularly heavy upon landed property, and which the tax-payers are the less able .to defray, as agricultural produce scarcely repays the expellee of cultivation. (From the Courier Francais.) The king of Spain has heen indisposed since the llth instant, but hopes are 'entertained that his malady will not prove serious ; it seems, however, that the fever it settled, and towards night the paroxysms increase in violence. The Gazette of the 16th men tions, that the physicians declare his Majesty's malady to he no way serious, or threatening alarming consequences. This official assurance has Produced the most agreeable sensation. EAST INDIES. We have received by the Genera/ Palmer, Madras Papers to the 80th of July, and Calcutta intelligence to the middle of the same month. Some delay is apprehended in the payment of the remaining instalment due from the Burmese, and the era cuationluf Rangoon is, consequently, delayed., "It would ap pear," says the Calcutta John Bull, of the Bth of July, " that Rangoon will not be finally evacuated,by our troops so soon as was once expected ; hut at what time they will be withdrawn we have uot heard." (slam wiz MADRAS GAISITS.) Our Correspondent at Rangoon gives us the following infor- 'nation :--, - ,- Itsitcsoort, Junta 19, 1826.- 7 The Moira arrived here on the !rush instant, with the two Chiefs of Tavoy, and three vakeNls, who were lately prisoners of war at Calcutta. The other pri soners, namely,--the Rajah and Mimes of Cherlubs tuay bhips e expected every day -by the stew-vessels The which have arrived between the , 14th and this dolt are the Thetis, the General Woad, and the llygisry, ills Ma j est y 's ot ' ber s ship Atlas, imp the tuaot of Africa, ,arrived this day, The non-arrival of the ships front Madras makes all tho Pulrase,es, high and low, very anxious. The trade of Rangoon is retutn ing by degrees to its usual briskness, and the population of Rangoon is considerably increased. Those fu g itives who have returned, as well as the most considerable part of the Durmists(: are buoyed with the hope that the English will permanently re tain Rangoon; if they do not, the Burman will all remove to the territories of the English. The New Town is becoming very prosperous—houses are building, and some of the settlers are so enterprising as to send to the Coromandel Coast for brick and chit- nam ; but they will find it an unnecessary expence, as the country abounds with lime, and bricks may beeasily made, the clay of the country being peculiarly fit for that article. MADRAS, JULY 22.—The Honourable, the Governor left the Presidency yesterday afternoon, on a tour to the Provinces. Hit Excellency's departure was announced by a salute of nineteeu gees from the saluting battery, and by a similar compliment from Chepauk Palace. We regret to observe, by the following paragraph in the Wl* Gazette, that Calcutta is again visited with an epidemic nearly similar to the one which prevailed there, as well as at Madras, about two years ago:— " A slight epidemic, we understand, prevails at present in Cal cutta. It is somewhat similar, but much less severe, thin the epidemic fever of the two last years. There is considerable ache, with pains of hack and limbs. It runs through its coils 'without 48 hours, and does not leave the patient so debilitated Ite„ the former epidemic ; neither is there that eruption of the Ain , impatience of light, and affection of the joints which characterise d the disease alluded to." MADRAS, JULY 26.—0 n Saturday evening arrived hie -I° . jetty's ship Volage; Captain the Hon. R. S. Dead., front 'DP land, and last front Trincomallee, where she left the ship War spite, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Gage. We tuulerstand that it is the inteution of the Admiral to remain at Trinconallee fur the Java, which is expected to reach that station shortly from England. The Volage has brought the dispatches which were - on board the lirarspite. Tun O es n , S fr u o u n de l arrived the e the sta lon j g an. ex p p: i c ti ted ino s u h t i b p 31 s t May, and Trincomallee2lit inst. here about the middle of last mirth, with its aceutupanimots, violent winds J a u n si d e 1826 .-- The south - west evtiouit,ontshoeouwseeattuire: rain. For had been extremely hot, no wind, with the thermometer frequent ly as high as 94 de g rees. From this period, I am sorry to say, we have experienced much sickness, slid the mortality which hasi attended our men has been very great. On the first of last month, our strength was about 400 men, forty and more of whom have ,jBwthitt4rchC,aPtt'stailiue s o it u te r e stzkninlaihdosipniutlhehiarrgerainvzsedandfreorme this fifty month is closed,. hundred and fifty, besides convalescents in ba dare say that twice that number will have shared the same fate. c racks that twelve* lilted to be discharged, to make room for others, Wh cme Ca t t state of amore urgent nature. It is truly melancholy to IL.. out the that the corps is in, from the circumstance of this h ew n ° t i t ; re commencement (fates unhealthy season, and from th e cent calamitous before our eyes, which attends, army in Arracan, similarly situated to what we ara P te. sent--slespair is almost visibly pourtrayed iu ever? e°llll l.. nance; anti such is the baneful influence of this pestilential el of much avail, as death generally seizes the youngest , mate, that neither care nor attention to your health is seenliuM to upwards toll!. and most sober of the men—our Bengal servants are Stl li tre ntl it l r i b i sickly as the European soldiers; the fever, however, 1111 ' 1 ,7,, with them of a less degree, as few have been carried en it ; they were, however, become perfectly helpless, and miserable. The Calcutta John Bull says—" We have seen letter. fr 9 ,,,, 111 Tavoy of 10th May. They speak of our o ffi cers being, OIL"' whole, well pleased with the place, and having plenty of i n ; every day. The Commissioner, Mr. Maingy, is spoken I° '; high terms, for his attention and civility. The natives at I r s T will not believe that we have beaten the Burmese ; they say s have been driven from Ava, and consider our countryme:o. Tavoy regular victims, and many of them are removioV.;„, families to Penang. Several plots among the Burmese at .l L,al had been discovered, and our troops were busy building brick fort." rFymtmo state,tlte C t o h l a o t o Colomb ian We are tar ( shocking intelligence that his Majesty's ship Burracouta 1011 wrecked fi on Madagascar, and all the crew, including eaptsin stni, iv cers, massacred hy the natives ; this letter cal" ill)'n can not auritius, and the melancholy fact rests On authority that i l a e n tte P r risesisnGtoawznet,tea.n)nouucing th! be doubted. CALCUTTA, Jun- 7.—CIVIL kremisv..Lieut. Cluiriti Chester, of the 28d Native Infantry, to be Aug Mos to the Court of Ava. g on this The Enterprise steam packet breaks grou nd for Ra u k ° Li"' evening ;we understand Colonel Smel Capteiu You;ngst the Chester, and the Rajah and Raney of Ciledubm ' 4" ari , passengers. Khan IS NATIVE PAPERS. pisHAv334.. Ye Nlaliotutneu r.oan '' • threatened by sail to have sent off troops to protect the districts _Lin Mahoututed Nn the forces of Maharaja R S . unitt nigh. Dos his beentoo before marching from mill K to his aid, had sent r he had V.'" to the other brother uKhan, with whom . taut to the EnvoY viously engaged in hostilities. —.Nem. MONIES IN THE EXCHEQUE An Account showing the Amount of Monies in the and remaining to be received, o n the 2 0 th November, 1620; to complete the Aida gran li ted by Parament for the Service 01 the Year 1826. - be ratied. Money paid by Henry Hase, F on ac count of the Trustees, for the PO - Inca of Naval and Military PCIIIIIOIIi, per Act 3 tics. IV. c. SI ... V . East India Company, per Act 4 tie°. IV. c. 71 .............................. ... ........ R!paytnents on account of Exchequer .13411 , 1 Issued for Public Works and Fisheries ...................... . . Subscriptions in 'Money, in lieu of Fund. ip Exchequer Bilis, per Act 7 (leo. v. c. ...... ...... . ..... , ... . . ........ To be brough t from the Consolidated Fund ................ .......................... Exchequer' d ' 14a08 I b :3 15,x► " 1,000 U 4) 133,36 S II 1.011 1,t):31,b10 0 ° 0 15 lit° 6,07, 44 18 Ni 9 +01." -- 3 0$ 7,19 0 ,,i 6 7) 0 4 1 7, 0 4 n 1 J.O " , 1826. 199,1 --' 76 - 7 6 -- it Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, Nov. 21 EXCHEQUER t1LL5A.......a ot o l er A n Account of all Exchequer B il ls issued, or aun e lo. b e issued, charged on the Supp lies 11327; eprov.- J a 0$ Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, Nov. 21, ISOD. FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR. THOMAS BEL This morning considerable interest members of the Honourable Artillery assembled to pay the last honours to the remains of hlr. l'helua: Co7pas n'y.lciattnl others, who Bell, of Hackney, who suddenly died, at the armohouse,r 0 . uradaY lest, in the 60th year of his age, havi n g b t u : 4 1 1 11 lo d 1 t t it he Artillery Company for twenty-four year& I T "' aAV ra we 1 a imich esteemed member of that honourable coil* 9 . 1 .., for the Court of Assistants, in which he evinced great sulaTtiwi the general welfare of the Regiment. .But the best prof pe e can be shown of the respect in which be was held, %5 , . 11 t" . by the following circular : . H. A. C. • Ar her 16° '' Armory-House, 27th ~ovein • bo ieg SirP— suddenly Thomas Bell, of the '7th Compaq' expiredbrok wide* at the Armory - Houle , shortly afte r tli s g d iorIP lug t up of the Special General Court; ve° he Court of Assistants, on Thursday, th e Nov taking into consideration the tire ill, to ces under which this melancholy event occurred, have 0* concurrence of the y) Resolved—That E the l Deceased be iotetred with 01°1 • Honours. .. .., 00' (vi Y z. ou ai:e _accordingly desired to attend h e re, in PIO". e o ot, with White Trousers and Half Boots,) on ThurtelsY tort the 20th instant, at 10 o'clo k ' .. „„„„, N 1 . 1% w e the body to the Grave. C"I the " re ' By Command of Colonel H. R.N. the MIME or Suassx, sot, B. W. HEMANS,Omt. auct ArliPt Hon. Artillery CAIoPaDY` . illerr At 10 o'clock, this mo •the •. . " f the i'l" . ruing, vicinity -- —.0.10 0, ground was crowded by people anxious to witness the Pr"...c/ity ,rol at 12 o clock, the procession began to aloe along t he co er ' road, to Hackney, escorted by a detachment of the Artilleil_d, ie p lt : t i t 7. . The hearse was followed by seven sons of the 4lereaT ,i 1 anxious coaches, alai a great number of private fri en d o e c ol . to testify their respect for the a miable tluelitie'erA 't" virtues of Mr. Bell. The liberal conduct of the Court o' - 11 1 ,,, 1'' e , ants upon this melancholy occasion, will be long and grst e ''''' :ha membered by Mrs. Bell and her fatally of twelee childrenscrowir handsome tribute so spontaneously paid to the mettorY with late kind protector. The deceased was interred at IlackneY, art, military honours. Mr. Bell died of an ossification of t he ' c ob and not from any apopletic affection, as origioaily the The Artillery Band attended the 'procession, playing th e ' March in 'ciao!. • . rn. ; . ..., 0 414etm , The Dowager Marchioness of Sakbury hod lille Petite Soiree yesterday, at her house in Arlitigton-etreet.